Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)

Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Sugar Crops Primary — Production was 59.65 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
59.65 million t
Change on year
up 7.2%
Rank
16th
of 29 groups
All-time high
60.51 million t
in 2022
All-time low
11.01 million t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961–2024

10.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M50.0M60.0M196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) recorded 59.65 million t for sugar crops primary — production in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.2% on the previous year and up 9.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 60.51 million t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 11.01 million t, in 1961.

That places Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 16th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year

Annual values for Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 11.01 million t
1962 11.79 million t +7.1%
1963 12.50 million t +6.0%
1964 13.21 million t +5.6%
1965 13.55 million t +2.6%
1966 14.69 million t +8.4%
1967 16.11 million t +9.7%
1968 17.05 million t +5.8%
1969 18.73 million t +9.8%
1970 19.69 million t +5.1%
1971 20.08 million t +2.0%
1972 19.70 million t -1.9%
1973 20.27 million t +2.9%
1974 21.32 million t +5.2%
1975 21.68 million t +1.7%
1976 21.89 million t +1.0%
1977 24.25 million t +10.8%
1978 24.04 million t -0.9%
1979 25.77 million t +7.2%
1980 26.83 million t +4.1%
1981 29.69 million t +10.7%
1982 29.78 million t +0.3%
1983 30.70 million t +3.1%
1984 32.19 million t +4.8%
1985 30.16 million t -6.3%
1986 30.99 million t +2.8%
1987 30.55 million t -1.4%
1988 29.05 million t -4.9%
1989 30.80 million t +6.0%
1990 31.29 million t +1.6%
1991 32.61 million t +4.2%
1992 31.08 million t -4.7%
1993 29.10 million t -6.4%
1994 32.57 million t +11.9%
1995 34.79 million t +6.8%
1996 36.27 million t +4.3%
1997 37.97 million t +4.7%
1998 38.51 million t +1.4%
1999 39.21 million t +1.8%
2000 37.70 million t -3.9%
2001 38.56 million t +2.3%
2002 41.18 million t +6.8%
2003 44.07 million t +7.0%
2004 44.99 million t +2.1%
2005 45.41 million t +0.9%
2006 46.74 million t +2.9%
2007 45.68 million t -2.3%
2008 44.36 million t -2.9%
2009 46.41 million t +4.6%
2010 48.45 million t +4.4%
2011 49.83 million t +2.9%
2012 52.06 million t +4.5%
2013 55.01 million t +5.7%
2014 54.35 million t -1.2%
2015 54.48 million t +0.2%
2016 55.74 million t +2.3%
2017 56.03 million t +0.5%
2018 57.71 million t +3.0%
2019 58.15 million t +0.8%
2020 58.39 million t +0.4%
2021 58.66 million t +0.4%
2022 60.51 million t +3.2%
2023 55.67 million t -8.0%
2024 59.65 million t +7.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 14.29 million t 11.01 million t 18.73 million t 9
1970s 21.87 million t 19.69 million t 25.77 million t 10
1980s 30.07 million t 26.83 million t 32.19 million t 10
1990s 34.34 million t 29.10 million t 39.21 million t 10
2000s 43.51 million t 37.70 million t 46.74 million t 10
2010s 54.18 million t 48.45 million t 58.15 million t 10
2020s 58.58 million t 55.67 million t 60.51 million t 5

Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)

  1. 13 Colombia 31.89 million t compare
  2. 14 Australia 29.87 million t compare
  3. 14 Australia and New Zealand 29.87 million t compare
  4. 16 Egypt 27.20 million t compare
  5. 17 Guatemala 22.91 million t compare
  6. 18 Philippines 18.69 million t compare
  7. 19 Poland 18.43 million t compare

See the full ranking of 200 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is sugar crops primary — production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
Sugar crops primary — production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 59.65 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sugar crops primary — production recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
The highest recorded value was 60.51 million t in 2022.
What is the lowest sugar crops primary — production recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
The lowest recorded value was 11.01 million t in 1961.
How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for sugar crops primary — production?
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 16th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is sugar crops primary — production rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar Crops Primary — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Sugar Crops Primary — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
200 places, 10,962 data points, 1961–2024
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.